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Rekshino
Rekshino

Reputation: 7325

Is there a way to run async lambda synchronously?

Is there a way to run async lambda synchronously? It is not allowed to modify lambda expression, it must be leaved as is.

Copy/paste example(it's an abstraction):

var loopCnt = 1000000;

Action<List<int>> aslambda = async (l) =>
{
    Thread.Sleep(100);
    await Task.Run(() => { });
    for (int i = 0; i < loopCnt; i++) { l.Add(i); }
};

var lst = new List<int>();
aslambda(lst); //This runs asynchronously 
if (lst.Count < loopCnt-100) { ; }

Solution:

It is really a dilemma for me to accept one answer. I have tried out the solution from Stephen Cleary with NuGet package - works brilliant and is broad applicable, but an answer from dvorn to the question(as it's formulated ;)) is much easier.

Has dvorn changed the signature of lambda? No and Yes ;)

From MSDN:

Note that lambda expressions in themselves do not have a type because the common type system has no intrinsic concept of "lambda expression." However, it is sometimes convenient to speak informally of the "type" of a lambda expression. In these cases the type refers to the delegate type or Expression type to which the lambda expression is converted.

So both receive +1 and accepted answer by Stephen Cleary

Upvotes: 7

Views: 2682

Answers (2)

dvorn
dvorn

Reputation: 3147

Better solution: You cannot change the lambda, but you may change the type of local variable it is assigned to. Note that native type of async lambda is not Action but Func<Task>.

...
Func<List<int>, Task> aslambda = async (l) =>
...
...
aslambda(lst).Wait();
...

Upvotes: 2

Stephen Cleary
Stephen Cleary

Reputation: 457472

Is there a way to run async [void] lambda synchronously?

Yes, but like all sync-over-async hacks, it's dangerous and won't work for all lambdas.

You must have a custom SynchronizationContext to detect the completion of an async void method (or lambda). This is non-trivial, but you can use my AsyncContext (available in the NuGet package Nito.AsyncEx.Context):

AsyncContext.Run(() => aslambda(lst));

Upvotes: 6

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